Normand M Laurendeau

Research Associate

Phone (207) 798-4289
Title Research Associate
Department CHEMISTRY
Work Location (none)
E-Mail nlaurend@bowdoin.edu

Education

B.S. Engineering Science, University of Notre Dame
M.S.E. Aerospace and Mechanical Sciences, Princeton University
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley (1972)

Normand Laurendeau obtained his B.S. in Engineering Science from the University of Notre Dame and his M.S.E. in Aerospace and Mechanical Sciences from Princeton University.  He was awarded the Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 1972.  He immediately joined the faculty at Purdue University, rising through the ranks to Professor of Mechanical Engineering in 1982.  From 1980 until 1984, Dr. Laurendeau served as Director of Purdue's Coal Research Center.  He was appointed the Reilly Professor of Combustion Engineering in 1995, subsequently becoming the Ralph and Bettye Bailey Professor of Combustion in 2000.  Professor Laurendeau retired from Purdue University in 2007.  He is currently a research associate at Bowdoin College (Brunswick, ME) and a visiting scholar at the Graduate Theological Union (Berkeley, CA), although he continues to work with Purdue colleagues and graduate students on various research projects.

Prof. Laurendeau has taught at the graduate and undergraduate levels in the areas of thermodynamics, combustion and engineering ethics.  He continues to conduct research in the combustion sciences, with particular emphasis on laser diagnostics, pollutant formation and flame structure.  His current research interests include quantitative species measurements via both laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) and electronic resonantly-enhanced coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (ERE-CARS), flame diagnostics at high pressure, NO production in partially premixed and non-premixed flames, LIF time-series measurements in turbulent flames, and the application of laser diagnostics to manufacturing processes.

Dr. Laurendeau has authored or coauthored over 175 refereed publications and nearly 225 presentations and reports.  His textbook, Statistical Thermodynamics: Fundamentals and Applications, was published in 2005 by Cambridge University Press.  Professor Laurendeau is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America and of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.  He is also a member of the Combustion Institute and of the American Chemical Society.